global warming while 80 percent are concerned about air pollution 81 percent want to see more sustainable agricultureimplemented and 82 percent better environmental protection. a new policy makers are starting to listen but activists say there is still a long way to go it want you to panic a blunt message to the european parliament from swedish activist gretta to embark the teenager has given the world a wake up call with her urgent appeal for climate action the global youth movement she inspired has shifted the climate change debate forcing it both to the top of the use agenda and party campaigning ahead of the blocks parliamentary elections next week so what is the e.u. done so far to tackle the climate crisis. in march the european parliament voted to ban single use plastics starting in 2021 as part of sweeping legislation against plastic waste that pollutes beaches and oceans. it's agreed a near total ban on insecticides that have been linked to a dramatic drop in the numbers of wild bees honeybees and other cullinane. the e.u. parliament is pushing to put cleaner cars on europe's roads by 2030.

global warming while 80 percent are concerned about air pollution 81 percent want to see more sustainable agriculture implemented and 82 percent say they want better environmental protection and you policymakers are starting to listen but activists say there's still a long way to go it want you to panic a blunt message to the european parliament from swedish activist gratitude barack the teenager has given the world a wake up call with her urgent appeal for climate action. the global youth movement she inspired has shifted the climate change debate forcing it both to the top of the e.u.'s agenda and party campaigning ahead of the blocks parliamentary elections next week so what is the e.u. done so far to tackle the climate crisis. in march the european parliament voted to ban single use plastics starting in 2021 as part of sweeping legislation against plastic waste that pollutes beaches and oceans. it's agreed a near total ban on insecticides that have been linked to a dramatic drop in the numbers of wild bees honeybees and other color nadirs. the e.u. parliament is pushing to put cleaner cars on eur

on the farm young people are taught sustainable agricultural techniques and how to cultivate the plants that have been reached indonesian cuisine for centuries. to move would have been worried about the current. situation. excessive use of fertilizer. that's why i want to learn about organic farming. and indonesia has great opportunities to farm in a way that's close to nature and not industrialized and that will benefit our way of life and our help. in any. but. my dream is to set up a farm like this at home and use it to feed my siblings and pay for their schooling . the students take classes in organic farming and also business management and marketing. the aim is to prepare them all to be able to run their own farms when they graduate from the program. farming no longer appeals to many indonesians the social status of farmers is relatively low. profit margins are tight and selling products at local markets is hard work. and wants to turn this around. she also runs a cafe and shops in downtown chicago. it only sells products grown by the network of smallholder farmers who number more

sustainable agriculture is possible it's in this sesame. one solution can be found in perennial crops which reduce topsoil use and are kinder to let basic perennial foodstuffs are part of our future. well this is intermediate wheat grass which produces the grain current and it is a relative of wheat it's kind of a cousin of wheat. and it looks like wheat but it has a very important difference we eat is an annual that you need to replant every year and has relatively shallow roots kerns has very deep roots and it's a perennial so really grows year after year after year protects the soil builds soil or gana matter takes up nutrients very efficiently and provides a lot of carbon or soil or quite solar gallic matter for organisms in the soil to eat. by moving the ecosystem the agro ecosystem into a perennial state we think we will not only conserve the sall resource but make agriculture very very sustainable. one condition for sustainable food production is biological diversity right now and in the future could species rich ecosystems be the li

expert onleader and sustainable agriculture and finding solutions to climate change. interfaithining iowa , he focused on results considering retail agriculture, conservation, climate change, rural development, and farm policy. objection, the witness written statements may be made part of the record. with that, dr. diffenbaugh, you are recognized to give a five-minute testimony. dr. diffenbaugh: thank you for the invitation of the committee to testify. my name is noah diffenbaugh. i am a professor and senior fellow at stanford university and i'm appearing today in my personal capacity. the suspect of today's hearing creating a climate-resilient america. the good news for our country is that although climate change is already impacting americans, there are more opportunities for us to become resilient and in doing so build a more vibrant, secure, and equitable nation. my focus will be on the risks posed by global warming. i would like to start by offering an assessment that my colleagues and i published. know, epa issued the endangerment finding of in 2009 vieweds as fo

he is a leader and expert on sustainable agriculture and finding solutions to climate change. prior to joining iowa interfaith power and light mr. russell worked at the drake university agricultural law center focusing on issues concerning retail agriculture, conservation, climate change, rural development and federal farm policy. without objection, the witness's written statements may be made part of the record. with that, dr. diffenbaugh you are recognized to give a five-minute presentation on your testimony. >> thank you. and thank you chairman mccaster and ranking members graves and the committee for the invitation to testify. my name self noah diffenbaugh i'm a perceiver and senior fellow at stanford university. appearing in my personal capacity today. the subject offed to a's hearing is creating a climate resilient america. the god news for our country is that although climb change is already impacting americans there are many opportunities for us to become more resilient and in doing so build a more vibrant, secure and equitable nation. my testimony will focus on the sci

and those types of policies, we're excited to be participating and trying to do all we can to sustain agriculturend our rural way of life. many of our farmers have been in recession for five or six years. we've had low commodity price, high input costs. and that's hurt smaller communities. made us struggle. people have unfortunately left some of our communities. and then in the city of rochester, with the mayo clinic, we have almost 100,000 jobs tied to rochester, mayo clinic, and we don't want to see anything happen to our economic output here in this area. >> our look at rochester, minnesota, continues. up next, we drop by the history center of -- to see its recently launched traveling while black exhibit. >> the history center looks at history and providing information to help people have a better understanding of environment and circumstances at different times. we can learn an awful lot by looking at our history. and then we don't have to repeat he same thing. >> we don't hear about travel in the 1950's, especially the story of african-americans during this time as well. and the additional h

sustainable agriculture. conservation. medical care for the sickest around the world. and we do this because it's our impulse. our humanitarian impullings. we don't sit around while other people dieful we also do it because it facilitates relationships, economic and cultural, and finally when you have the factors that lead to stable societies, it's in our own security interest and security of the world. so for these reason, we do these things. i ask the secretary how much does china give? it might be a sprinkling here and there, i don't know the number but for a country with this size of an economy, with this amount of power, with this amount of growth, with this amount of pervasive activity all around the world, particularly in the developing nations, there come asset of responsibilities along with that. and i think that's really part of the intention here underliing this current trade dispute. what are we both vying for? i agree with the chinese that there should be room enough for two superpowers in the pacific. but you've got to come to some alignment about what it

sustainable agriculture, and environmental justice. we can't afford to wait and either can can can the planet. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south dakota seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to -- the body for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> in 1961, south dakota's ben rifle became our nation's first lakota in congress. lakota indian. he grew up dirt poor in a log cabin in rural todd county. he dropped out after 8th grade but later graduate interested south dakota state and from harvard. that gentleman was respected in this chamber. mr. johnson: that gentleman was respected in indian country. you see throughout his career at the bureau of indian affairs and for a decade here in congress, he worked tirelessly to further economic opportunity for american indians. he celebrated education, hard work, and self-determination. yesterday i filed a bill asking that ben rifle's name be placed on th

and also things that happen at the governmental level, like changing the way we do agriculture to be more sustainableexample, of mass logging of huge areas, straits of land around the world that are destroyed for businesses, we feel quite impotent. don't we? you can make changes, but is it down to people like us to put pressure on government, if that is how we feel, is that is the impact wa nt to how we feel, is that is the impact want to try make? that is absolutely pa rt want to try make? that is absolutely part of the picture. what we buy and how we define what we think of is a good life are equally important. for example... thinking about, do i need more things can i reuse? do i need a bigger house can i happy and satisfied in the kind of place that is smaller and more energy efficient? when you look at these figures, up to1 million efficient? when you look at these figures, up to 1 million species are facing extinction. it seems so huge. tell us more about what animals are likely to die of because of the changes that we are making as humans. we are actually seeking impacts on all species of anim

he had to do that in order to maintain his trade war with china because american agriculture couldn't sustain the cost of both the battle with canadians and mexicans over the aluminum at the same time. trump listened to that advice, he moved us forward towards resolving the problems with steel and aluminum and mexico and canada but now he created a new problem with mexico. he is weakening the position by getting into a trade war with mexico. >> what do you think people are trying to surmize what china is saying about all of this today. one idea is they're saying how can you expect anyone -- how can anyone expect the president to abide by a deal that was almost about to close the other is if his goal was to get people to move their manufacturing out of our country to countries like mexico, maybe that happens on a lesser degree now, net-net zbhchlt th. >> that is grate poia great poi. i consult with investment banks, one thing i'm talking to them about for last year and a half is relocating assembly outside of china and more of that is going to mexico or going to go to mexico than to any other

you can only have good agriculture and food production if you do it in a sustainable way. this is more and more driven in the minds of people in brazil, including all of the people in agriculture. this, brazil is also a country that pays a lot of attention to its energy matrix. energy usedf them in brazil comes from clean sources. more than 80% of our electricity comes from clean sources. more and more, when the power and solar has been important in addition to traditional hydropower. we also have biofuels. moreazil, we consume ethanol than we consume gas. this really has a tremendous impact. to doaged to use this -- this using very little land. as we see the consumption of sugar changing, this is good. in sugar, the cultivating of people, income for many but more and more in a high-tech approach. major source for that, not only for cars and et producingt also in electricity. we do not waste any part of a sugarcane. these are the main drivers of our growth. agriculture, producing food for the world, helping peace with ins, and having clean energy all possible ways including

sustainably and nutritionally. >> they say their ultimate goal is to remove animal agriculture by 2035. they expect to launch in retail stores later on this year. >> it is totally possible that we will see 90s in the forecast.>>> not widespread, but by early next week 90s. thought that was impossible, didn't you? it's going to warm up and stay dry for most of the bay area. oakland, san jose is checking in at 57. we got a little bit foggy in san francisco. radar is clear. impossible. will keep it clear in the immediate seven cisco area for the next couple of days, martinez is beautiful. sunshine, seasonal and back to average. it's a little cloudier on. the moved much at all. this low-pressure area is not only responsible for thunderstorms, that is part of the magnets that is drawing up the warm and humid air out of the gulf of mexico which is causing this crazy torn attic whether. it is all because of this low. is pretty close to the bay area. it will stay to the east. morning clouds tomorrow, especially along the coast. showers bubbling up. the showers get closer for most of the bay are

as chairman of the senate agriculture committee, he worked with both parties to sustain school lunches for america's children and food for americans most in need while also strengthening the ability of u.s. farmers to compete around the world. senator ofe this indiana such an amazing leader? a few thoughts --dick understood that passing legislation was the beginning point of congress' responsibility, but that oversight of implementation was just as crucial and, often, neg lected. he insisted on knowing the ground truth. unfortunately for our travel schedule, ground truth was not to be found in paris or london. we often found ourselves in places near the arctic circle, where russian submarines were being destroyed. or in a remote place in siberia, where we put on gas masks and protective suits and walked through deteriorating buildings containing millions of artillery gas, filled with nerve enough at one site to kill everyone on the face of the earth. but there were also smiles along the way. let me share one thing that most folks do not know about our friend dick. he loved to eat. he n

that is not going to be a sta sustainable -- that's not an agricultural policy.itions like elizabeth warren who actually put forward really robust, thoughtful, well-researched plans for how to help american farmers and make sure our agricultural system is functional. the way you do that is not by starting whether you kwawant to call it a trade war or trade war with china. it not as if these trump dollars stop coming to farmers that all of these chinese companies that have gone through the process are going to turn back and say great, we're going to completely disrupt our business plans now and come back to you guys who have proven to be unstable partners, which really speaks to the damage that trump has done to all of our international agreements. you just can't trust us to play by the rules and stay on board. >> you talk about things happening in cycles and there is concern of this coming together before the harvest last fall. what is the time horizon farmers are talking about here? what are they saying to you about their perspective on how long this is going to

agricultural subsidies. they want individual people to try and think really carefully about sustainable choices in their lifethe era of consumption without consequence has come to an end. we cannot go on taking more out of this planet than the planet can support. and they are hoping that governments, over the next year, meeting in china will be able to agree new targets, something like the paris agreement which i meant to our climate change, which will try and stand as ecological crisis over the next ten months when there is governments meet in china. police hunting a fugitive over the abduction and rapes of three women in and around london, have arrested a man after the abduction of two other women in cheshire. following a car chase and police searches overnight, it's believed thatjoseph mccann was arrested in the early hours of this morning. andy moore reports. in the early hours of this morning, a man believed to bejoseph mccann was taken away under cover in the back of this police car. the suspect is thought to have spent several hours up a tree talking to trained police negotiators. earlier in the eveni

sustainable alternative to free trade. >> democratic congresswoman that sits on the house agricultural committee says she appreciates theres some relief for farmers but says in a statement quote when i talk with farmers in illinois, they don't want a check from the government. they want markets to sell their goods. our farmers markets should have never been decimated in the first place. the newly negotiated usmca is a key part. the president says it will open for agricultural products particularly for dairy poultry and eggs. liz? elizabeth: thank you, hillary. let's get to iowa farm bureau president and corn farmer, craig hill. great to have you on, sir. >> thank you, liz. elizabeth: you were at the white house meeting today with the president. can you tell us what happened? >> well the president explained his commitment to helping to level the playing field for u.s. agriculture, and of course, you know, as you know we have a skirmish with a number of countries trying to negotiate a better trade deal for american farmers. as you also know, american farmers, well, they're unmatched in their energy and their enthusiasm to p

it would sustain a lot of it and certainly the venture a big market is growing in india as well with consumers choosing all who can run us will peanut based products and other such agricultural including fashion products in india so that i think we need to be asking questions about how the products are being made and we are. just very very briefly is the concept of fair trade a luxury concept no actually it isn't getting on into the mainstream we recently launched last year a product by radical people which is but just well received peanut brittle. so this is something which is accessible even to the middle class the race of their brand but which isn't using products for the sufferings of the so you get into. question is on set a fair trade is possible for every pocket johnny the c.e.o. of fair trade india thank you so much and that's business asia. an action packed life for. me. any peace possible as long as i'm comfy and his friends can dream up. this movie. refugee camp. his life story may have ground to a halt. 27 years ago but there's no holding back his dreams. brian. todd thank you for watching. cinema dust stars may 27th going to dump. people the world over w. on fac

on the 2019 cnbc disruptor 50 list is an agriculture technology start-up that mixes microbiology with artificial intelligence to improve yields, sustainabilitycrops -- corn, cotton, rice, wheat, and soybeans. it's disrupting agriculture in two ways -- first, its seed treatments allow farmers to grow more using less water and fertilizer second, its digital marketplace connects buyers and growers, helping them differentiate their eco-friendly crops, adding value across the supply chain, from seed to table. founded in 2013, indigo's technology is being deployed to more than a million acres of farmland around the world, a number it expects to quadruple by the end of this year. the company has raised $650 million in venture capital to fund its growth and has an estimated valuation of $3.5 billion. >> julia's going to stick around joining us now is david perry, president, ceo, and director of indigo ag. david, welcome congratulations for landing the number one spot on the disruptor list >> well, thank you we're grateful to be here. it's a big moment for indigo, obviously. but more importantly, i think it's a big moment for agriculture. you know, a

but in a much more sustainable manner we need to change the way we produce food and i can cultural systems we also have to recognize we have very large subsidies so the agricultural sector the energy sector transportation we need to get rid of these environmentally harmful subsidies we've got to recognize that we need to be enfolded to our economic planning that nature has value so he basically needs to change the way we look at our economic system and the way that we look at the way we produce and use food so this coarsely huge changes we haven't made enough progress if comes to climate change what makes you think we do better when it comes to saving biodiversity. all i can say is this report shows have by the verses it polson how it's important to shoot with a well b. and we show why it's challenging and we all show show what the options are to try to both conserve by a diversity and sustainably using i'm hoping this rig is an alarm bell with governments around the world the private sector around the world and individuals and that this is i a call for action equally we neither call for action on climate change we need to do much more to address the issue of cli

sustainable future everybody wants to see. one of the figures that jumped out to me is 70% of the agricultural land that we use is related to meatthat it's something that we can change ourselves in the way we consume? that is right, christian. over the last a0 or 50 years that has gone up three or four times. it isa has gone up three or four times. it is a consequence of more people on the planet having more money, being wealthy and changing their diet to have a more meat —based diet. but it comes at a big prize. a huge amount of our emissions that go up as carbon emissions come from deforestation and it is killing a lot of species as well. there is a double whammy to that expansion in agriculture. how it is tackled in the future, the report is very clear, and subsidies for fossil fuel extraction. if that is done and that would be very hard to do, it may encourage a switch away to a more planet friendly diet. but it will be a major focus for governments going forward from here. ok, thank you very much. earlier we spoke to one of the authors from the university of the authors from the university of minnesota. in terms of species,

sustainable over the long term. there is a move in the u.s. around regional and local agriculture.reduce the stress level of farmers if we come up with an agenda. the only way we have ever gotten anything done in the united states, and so many people are sick of being divided they want a president who will unite the country. president trump did well -- won my home county so there is an opportunity to do well if tim ryan becomes president. francine: would you agree with the fact that democrats have been pushing president trump for months to take a tougher stance towards china on trade? if that is true, is that not what he is doing? rep. ryan: and is one thing to take a tougher stand, to be firm . i come from a district where china has been dumping steel tubing into my district for a long time, manipulating their currency, stealing intellectual property. tariffs are a tactical move that really are part of the old economy. we have to level the playing field in certain areas. what is the bigger strategy? plan.has a 100 year they have a long-term plan and our president is operating in a

sustainable? these tariffs are a direct impact on some of these companies. brooke: they were a little weak this quarter in agriculturalas great as what analysts were hoping to see their. seehat they were hoping to there. the demand is the bigger issue for me. does this introduce too much uncertainty? does it need cap some of these nascent recovers in markets? alix: thank you both very much. coming up, the trump administration announcing sweeping new restrictions regarding chinese telecom companies. we will take a look at the winners and losers in the age of 5g and the network of things. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: this is "bloomberg daybreak." i am alix steel. getting a little ugly for the last trading day of the week. s&p futures off .9%. the dax taking it on the chin. off over 1%. a lot of political risk. in other asset classes, the dramatic moves in the bond market are continuing. a huge move into bonds. u.k. gilt yields are now down six basis points. same thing in germany. -12 basis points is where we sit and dollar-yen getting part of the safe haven flow. the yen having its best weekly winning streak since 2012. i

the iowa governor believes we sustained almost $1.6 billion in damages and early estimates also inkate that at least $214 million in agriculture specific damages and we still don't know the true extent of our agriculture losses yet. we can't afford to wait. we can't let partisan politics stall this crucial bill and we must not turn our backs on our communities when they're recovering from devastating damages of new hampshire ral disasters. that's not who we are as iowans, and that's not who we are as americans. i call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and in the house and the senate to get together and work for hardworking americans. i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. is there any member that seeks time in opposition? for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek the floor? >> i claim time in opposition although i support the amendment. the chair: without objection. >> until the midwest floods struck, the u.s. department of agriculture was fairly confident that the emergency watershed protection program needs were fully met with $125 million that was in the bill. wever, on april 25, usda advised

sustainable and it meets high standards, environmental, social and technical. with respect to our water portfolio, mcc invested $2.8 billion since 2004. this has gone into areas of improving water supply and sanitation, water resource management, agriculture productivity and about 24 countries across africa, asia, europe, latin america. and overall, our investments in the water sector have included things like urban and rural water supply, water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and sanitation, wastewater treatment, both municipal and industrial. i think one other piece, perhaps the highlight in this regard, is that some of our investments are really targeting what we sometimes refer to as the water energy nexus. so looking at ways to use treated wastewater for power plants. plants that otherwise may be drawing fresh water for use in cooling. the water agriculture nexus. so where we're taking wastewater and using it for agricultural production. or water transport nexus, supporting drainage water management. and some of this comes back to, again, our objectives of facilitating economic growth and development. looking at productive uses of water, as well. so since the launch of the global water strategy in november of 2017,